Matthew Tirrell

Matthew V. Tirrell (born 5 September 1950) is an American chemical engineer. In 2011 he became the founding Pritzker Director and dean of the Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME) at the University of Chicago, in addition to serving as senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory. Tirrell's research specializes in the manipulation and measurement of polymer surface properties, polyelectrolyte complexation, and biomedical nanoparticles.

In 2019, IME became the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) and Tirrell was named Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor and Dean. In January 2023, Tirrell was named D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor. In October 2023, Tirrell stepped out of the PME Dean position and became D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, while continuing to lead a research group of fifteen members. Provided by Wikipedia